Vendakkai Kurma | Orka Coconut Curry | Bhindi Korma

Vendakkai Kurma

R & I love Vendakkai/ Orka / Bhindi & recipes with this vegetable is a sure must once a week. I remember Amma stuffing me with this vegetable during exams since they are said to improve memory power. That almost everyday after exam there would be vendakkai and moor sadam (buttermilk rice) for lunch :-) and I never complained. This combo still remains as my favourite no matter how many years pass by. I still have a memory of me with my book enjoying this for lunch. 

When I was new to cooking I always felt vendakkai (ladies finger) were a challenge to cook since they are slimy and hard to manage although I loved the taste of it, I did dread cooking with them. But like all cooks I overcame the challenge with this vengetable and ever since I cook with this vegetable every week. Earlier I had posted Vendakkai/Orka Coconut milk curry and I did see many interesting comments in that post and today I am sharing a totally different method to this Coconut & yoghurt based Vendakkai Kurma/ Korma. Lets move on to the recipe

Soya Kheema Masala | Meal Maker Kheema Curry | Soya Kheema Aloo Subzi

Soya Kheema Masala

Soya Kheema Masala / Meal maker kheema Subzi is a tasty side that will go with dosas or with chappati or rotis. As we all know soya is a way to add protein into our daily diet, especially if you are a pure vegetarian. I find myself cooking with soya whenever we go on a vegetarian diet. Like I mentioned in my earlier post husband and I are on a veg diet. I made this kheema masala to go with soft chappatis for our lunch. To give more flavour and filling I added cubed potatoes just as the way we add potatoes/ green peas to meat kheema masala. Its always great to enjoy what your cook and eat. I truly believe that I cannot eat something that is not tasty and definitely not something that I don'e enjoy cooking. I have couple of recipes with meal maker or soya which I have posted earlier in my blog. You can find them listed at the end of the post.

Chettinad Pakkoda Kuzhambu | Chettinad Lentil Curry | Pakoda Kuzhambhu Recipe

Chettinad Pakkoda Kuzhambhu

Husband and I are on a vegetarian diet and that's one reason why you would be not find non-vegetarian recipes off late. When we decided to go on this approach, my husband said no sambar and rasams try something different. Being a South Indian we almost live in our staples of sambar and rasam, we tend to cook them up atleast once a week. So I had to take this as a challenge and cook different vegeterian recipes to serve my picky eater. I had bookmarked this Chettinad Pakkoda Kuzhambhu for long and got to try this today. It turned out so good, by tasting it I can say it would go great with rice, dosa, idly or appam. The Curry is not spicy and mild in spice buy packed in flavour. Do give this a try if you want to try something different apart from the routine recipes.

Tofu Tawa Masala Recipe | Tofu Tikka Masala | Step by Step

Tofu Tawa Masala Recipe

I love paneer & I love tofu equally since the latter is more healthy I end up picking tofu often than paneer. You can use tofu to make curries skipping paneer if you are diet concious. Nevertheless they both taste amazing. Unlike me, my husband was never a paneer person and of all the changes marriage does bring, food is a key factor that has changed us a lot. Now he loves paneer so much that he is finding it hard to eat tofu. That said I tried this Tawa Malasa as a virtual treat recipe from my dear friend +nalini suresh blog (naliniscooking.com). I was sure that my picky husband would definitely love this curry without any fuss and I was right ;-). A group of us blogger friends planned to surprise our dear friend Nalini with a virtual birthday treat, by trying one of her recipes and posting it in our blogs. I was a little late in the celebration but glad I did this curry. Nalini we both totally enjoyed this Tawa tofu masala and hope you had a wonderful birthday.